Steven Lillie of Cocoa was arrested Friday and appeared before a judge in the Brevard County Jail Saturday morning.

Circuit Judge George Turner set bond at $15,000 for Lillie, who is charged with aggravated manslaughter.

About four hours after the judge set the bail amount, Lillie posted the bond and left the jail Saturday afternoon.

Lillie said he accidentally left the baby in the back of his pickup truck in a parking lot while he was working in Rockledge.

Turner ordered Lillie not to have unsupervised contact with children.

Lillie's defense attorney is Jennifer Collins Mostert.

Police said Lillie discovered the baby's body in the truck after getting a call from a relative about the infant's whereabouts.

In a 911 call, Lillie told the dispatcher the baby had been in the truck for hours because he "absolutely forgot about her."

He said he left for work with the intention to drop the child off with a caregiver, but something disrupted his normal routine, and he forgot.

"She's been in the car for hours. I absolutely forgot about her. She's not alive," Lillie said.

Investigators said Lillie worked at a telemarketing center at the strip mall.

This year, 13 children nationwide have died of heatstroke in cars. Two of them were in Florida.

Earlier this month, a Sarasota man was charged with aggravated manslaughter when his 2-year-old daughter was left to die in a hot car.

State Attorney Phil Archer's office released a statement on the incident.

“The Rockledge Police Department exercised their authority to make an arrest today based on the facts and evidence known to them,” the statement read. “The State Attorney’s office will review the completed investigation from the Rockledge Police Department when it is presented to us. At that time, we will make a filing decision based upon the facts developed during the course of the investigation and the appropriate laws that would apply to those facts.

“Should the Rockledge Police Department need the assistance of my office as their investigation proceeds, experienced prosecutors are available to assist them with subpoenas, court orders, or other legal input they may need to successfully complete their investigation in a timely manner.”

STORMS FIRE UP AND, OF COURSE, SUMMER HEAT ON TAP. BACK TO YOU. A COCOA MAN ARRESTED AND IS BEING HELD ON NO BOND AFTER ROCKLEDGE POLICE SAY HE LEFT HIS NINE-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER IN A HOT CAR THIS WEEK. THIS IS THE SECOND CHILD IN FLORIDA TO DIE IN A HOT CAR THIS MONTH. BOB KEALING IS LIVE IN BREVARD COUNTY WITH MORE AND MORE POLICE WAITING TO ADDRESS STEPHEN LILLIE TODAY. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT ACCORDING TO ROCKLEDGE POLICE, THEY WANTED TO SHOW THIS GRIEVING FATHER SOME COMPASSION. THAT'S WHY THEY WAITED UNTIL FOUR DAYS AFTER THIS INCIDENT ON MONDAY TO GO AHEAD AND ARREST HIM AND BOOK HIM INTO THE JAIL HERE. BUT BOTTOM LINE, THEY SAY, THIS LITTLE GIRL, THIS NINE-MONTH-OLD DIED A TERRIBLE DEATH AND NOW HER FATHER HAS TO ANSWER FOR IT. INSIDE THIS SHERIFF'S JAIL VAN, 31-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN LILLIE LEFT THE ROCKLEDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER BEING ARRESTED TODAY ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER. SHE'S BEEN IN THE CAR FOR HOURS. I ABSOLUTELY FORGOT ABOUT HER. ROCKLEDGE POLICE SAY LILLIE ARRIVED AT HIS TELEMARKETING JOB ON MONDAY AND LEFT HIS NINE-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER ANNE MARIE LILLIE IN HIS PICKUP FOR FOUR HOURS IN THE 85 DEGREE HEAT. AND MENTALLY I THINK HE SORT OF GOT AHEAD OF HIMSELF AS TO HE EXPLAINED THAT HE SORT OF HAD KNIT HIS MIND HE HAD ALREADY DROPPED THE CHILD OFF. WHEN A RELATIVE CALLED HIM TO CHECK ON THE CHILD'S WHEREABOUTS, LILLIE MADE THE HORRIFYING DISCOVERY. OH MY GOD. ONE OF OUR CO-WORKERS LEFT HIS BABY IN THE VEHICLE FOR HOURS. AND WE THINK SHE'S DEAD. THIS YEAR ALONE, 13 CHILDREN NATIONWIDE HAVE DIED OF HEAT STROKE IN CARS. TWO OF THEM HERE IN FLORIDA. EARLIER THIS MONTH A SARASOTA MAN WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER WHEN HIS TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS LEFT TO DIE IN A HOT CAR. WE ALSO GOT A STATEMENT FROM STATE ATTORNEY PHIL ARCHER WHO SAID THAT HE HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE FATHER WAS ARRESTED. BUT ONCE HE DOES, THEN THEY WILL MAKE THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO PURSUE THIS MANSLAUGHTER PROSECUTION. COMING UP NEW AT 5:00, THE SUSPECT AND HIS FAMILY'S RELAX TO HIS ARREST TODAY.